ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,664, issued on July 29.
"Method for fast replacement of wireless IoT product and system thereof" was invented by Hendrik J Volkerink (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for replacing a first wireless node in an IoT system includes determining, by the first wireless node, that the first wireless node needs imminent replacement. The determination may be made, for example, based on a battery of the first wireless node being below a threshold level. The first wireless node initiates a discovery protocol for a second wireless node installed in proximity to the first...